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FAQ: Guaranteed Issue for Medicare Supplement
By Staff WriterWhen is the guaranteed issue period for Medicare Supplements?
June 30, 2010
Consultants: Individuals Game Mass. Health Insurance SystemSome Massachusetts consumers seem to be buying the health insurance they are required to carry when - and only when - they have health problems.
June 30, 2010
Nigerian HMO Picks Ebix To Automate Back OfficeAn African health carrier is buying a managed health care information administration system from a U.S. vendor.
June 30, 2010
WellPoint: Americans Like PackagesU.S. workers seem to like the idea of one-stop benefits shopping.
June 30, 2010
Black Diamond Principal in Shenandoah Life TalksJose Montemayor, a former Texas insurance commissioner and a principal in an insurance-focused private equity firm, is leading efforts to acquire a Virginia insurer that has been in receivership since February 2009.
June 30, 2010
Don't predict ... sell future insuranceIf you take a monthly look at annualized Dow Jones returns from 1930 to 1950
June 30, 2010
Coventry To Acquire Midwestern Health PlanCoventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE:CVH) hopes to grow in the Midwest by acquiring MHP Inc. and its subsidiaries from the Sisters of Mercy Health System.
June 30, 2010
How to ask for referrals throughout the insurance sales cycleAsk the most successful agents their main source of new business, and the resounding answer is: Referrals! There are opportunities to ask for (and get) referrals throughout the sales process.